Stock-loader.



'Et ARTHUR. STOCK LOADER. APPLICATION FILED 001211.1905- -PATENTED MAR. zo,` '1906;

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

No'. 815,898. PATBNTED MAR. 20, 1906.

' B. ARTHUR.

STCK LOADER.

APPLIUATION FILED 00117. 1905.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

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witneooes EDGAR ARTHUR, OE RETHANY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OE ONE-HALE To WILLIE c. ARTHUR, OE BETHANY, MISSOURI.

STOCK-LOADER. Y

Specification of Letters Patent.

`Patented March 20, 1906.

4nplicatioii iled October 17,1905. SerialvNo. 283,176.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR ARTHUR, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Bethany, in the county of Harrison and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stock-Loaders, of which `the following is a specification.

y invention relates to improvements in what may be very appropriately termed stock-loaders.

It has for its object tov provide for readily loading stock, as hogs, sheep, cattle, &c into a vehicle, car, &c., and to do this in an eH'ective manner and,k with the least trouble and in most direct way, The contrivance may be also readily improvised as a'decoy feedingpen, as a means to aid the dipping of sheep as a corn-crib, temporarily to assist in ringing hogs, permitting the coralling of the latter for that urpose, &c.

To these several) ends the invention consists in certain structural features Asubstantially as hereinafter fully disclosed, and particularly pointed out by the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the preferred embodiment of my invenl tion, Figure l is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section with the platform or gangway shown in initial positionA in full lines and in lifted o r loading position in dotted lines. Fig. 3 1s a cross-section, and Fig. 4 is y afront end elevation thereof with the gate standing open. Fig. 5 is a rear end elevation of my contrivance or loader having the end gate raised. Fig. 6 is a .plan view of the loader'. 1 l

In carrying out my invention I provide an inclosure or pen l which may be constructed substantially as shown, having end upright frames 1a 1b, side bars or slats 1, secured to the latter, two end gates or doors 2- 2a, respectively, and a suspended and pivoted bottom, platform, or gangway 3. It willv be noted that the entrance-end gate 2 is hung-to permit access to the inclosure or pen directly from the surface orground and that the'-tai lend gate or door 2a, which has a verticallysliding movement, is arranged to permit delivery or egress from the upper part or end of said inclosure or pen, the purpose of which will be presently apparent. The inclosure or pen l has its entrance end suitably slatted, as at 1d, above the. gate 2 in continuation of the i upper lateral' slats or,bars, the

' nection with the purpose ofwhlch is obvious.

The platform or gangway member 3 is preferably composed of upright-arranged lateral boards or pieces 3a and abottom member 3ID of suitable constituency, the-ends towardthe middle, its plvotal conpen orl inclosure being effected, preferably, by a cross pivot-rod 4, passing through sill-pieces of the platform or gangway and pivoting or bearing in the uprights of the rear end frame lb of the en or inclosure. The pivotal or thus-provi y ed delivery or rear end of the platform organgway 3 is arranged at a suitable elevation or height,

which by lifting or adjusting said platform or cattle therefrom about in alinement with the floor or bottom of the vehicle or car, thus avoiding the disposing of the platform or gangway in an initial inclined position and driving the stock, &c., up such-incline or ascent for loading into the vehicle or car. The gangway or platform 3 has its bottom proj ectmg at the rear or delivery end thereof, as

fat 3C, to bridge over or span the interval therebetween and the car or vehicle for obvious reasons. vIt will be noted that although the platform or gangway initially has a generally inclined position, yet the entranceend portionv thereof occupiesa horizontal position and practically stands in a general plane with the ground-surface, whereby the stock,

dac., are not balked by having at the outset to step upward, and also that after the lifting the said end the opposite ordelivery end thereof will assume a practically horizontal plane for the stock to readily leave the same, as in loading the stock, cc., into a vehicle or car. The gangway or platform 3 has its forward end suitably adapted to be vertically adjusted or lifted and sustained in a suspended position for aiding the deliveryor loading of the stock, &c., as aforesaid, by the employment in connection therewith of a handled shaft 5, suitably-supported in the upright frame'h2 at that end,'and lines or ropes, having their lower ends connected to eyebolts 5b at the extreme forward end of said platform and their upper endsconneoted to said handled shaft, as shown in the front end elevation view of Fig. 3. It is apparent that by actusloping from l ating the shaft 5 by suitably grasping and turning its handle 5l"l the operation of raising the platform or gangway may be, as also the lowering thereof. When the platform or gangway has been lifted or elevated, the same may be thus retained by simply inserting a rod or bar 6, which may be of iron, through a hole in one of the uprights of the frame la and so as to have contact with the crank or handle 50, as seen.

It is also remarked that the contrivance may be readily improvised into a feeding-pen to familiarize the stock, &c., with the same for obvious reasons and that it may be employed to aid the dipping of sheep, as a corncrib, temporarily, and as a means to assist in ringing hogs, permitting the coralling of the latter for that purpose,&c.

It will be noted that the vertical adjustment of the forward end of the platform or gangway aforesaid may be effected in any other practicable way than that herein shown and described, and I therefore do not restrict myself to the use of the latter.

I claim- 1. A contrivance of the character described, comprising a pen equipped. with a pivoted platform or gangway, having its bottom sloping from the ends centrally means for adjusting and suspending said. platform or gangway.

2. A contrivance of the character described, employing a pen equipped with a pivoted platform or gangway having its bottom sloping from the ends centrally, and means for vertically adjusting said gangway` 3. A contrivance of the character described, comprising a pen equipped with a pivoted platform having its bottom sloping from its ends centrally, means for vertically adjusting and suspending said platform, said pen also having at its entrance end a gatc effective for access directly from the groundsurface, and agate or door effective for delivery or egress from the upper part or end of the pen.

In testimony whereof l affix my signature in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDGAR ARTHUR.

Vitnesses:

En. SKINNER, J. H. FRIEND. 

